Sandals Barbados

My husband and I came here for our honeymoon and had the most fantastic time. The staff were so amazing and friendly. The food was fantastic. I tried to eat at as many restaurants as I could. The hotel is so clean and the cleaning staff does an amazing job. The bathrooms were large and clean around the resort. In room, the showers are huge and they are very diligent about ensuring the towels are replenished. The soaking tub is so deep and fabulous. For an all-inclusive, sandals has an amazing value. The drinks and food are so amazing and the general experience is so worth it. We stayed at Royal Barbados, but you have complete access to both Sandals and Sandals Royal in Barbados. The general atmosphere of the hotel is amazing. The entertainment at night as great. At night, the beach was so quiet and calm and we had a great time looking at the ocean at night. This is the perfect place for a romantic vacation. The locals are so friendly and eager to show off their island. If you have an opportunity to take a tour of the island, definitely do! Even off the resort, we felt so safe. We recommend bringing cash so you can buy from local vendors or do a local tour. We did not have any issues with paying in USD everywhere. We will be back to sandals in the future. We really can’t recommend it enough.

This is our second time at this resort and we absolutely love it. The resort itself is breathtaking and extremely friendly. The staff is amazing and we had three of the best butlers you could have. I strongly recommend if you get butlers ask for Petrona, Monique & Akio The food is amazing as well and the variety of choices are great. The entertainment is pumped at the party pool and if you just want to relax there are many other pools either with a swim up bar or many tucked away. The roof top pool is also an amazing spot because the view is breathtaking of the island. They even have a bowling alley and it’s so much fun and I laughed so hard forgetting how bad of a bowler I was. I’ve been to many other Sandals but Sandals Barbados offers so much. You will not be disappointed if you come. I’ve already booked to come back again and to enjoy this beautiful paradise.

Just returned from Sandals Barbados and we had a great time. We stayed on the Barbados side, but the Royal side was right there and for the most part often mixed up which side we were on . It appeared seamless. The Barbados side, the room may not as been as nice, but it was more the fine. The room itself could of used more lighting in the bedroom We were in a butler swim up. Our Butlers Ron , Shakeel and Marquita were awesome. They anticipated our needs, and surprised us with treats. Had shrimp coctail and chicken wings waiting for us daily , as well as bubble baths a couple of time. When we wanted to change our dining arrangements, no problem. In addition if you asked on butler for something, and they were off the next shift, it occured. It was like they were one, with great communication , Cant say enough good things about them The staff in general were fantastic. We would get turned around sometimes, and asked a groundskeeper for directions. He would walk us to our destination. Great staff throughout the place The food was some of the best all inclusive food i had. Resturants we went to were all great and the buffet as well, The food was hot, when served, and except a few exceptions, was very good. The staff again, was friendly, accomodating and a general pleasure to be around, We did do the spa, a couples massage. Again very professional and experts at what they do . We may of over tipped, as we did not realize the service includes a tip which I would of taken into account and they could of pointed that out. However the additional tip was well worth the service, We did tours but not through Sandal but Captain Larry on one day, and our butlers arranged a ride for us on a different day On transport. On the way in, we did not use an expedited service, and took the shuttle. That was easy . ON the way home we did use the expedited service,, still a shuttle but they got us through the security faster. Was worth it. We had carry on, and line was long. Security was about an hour or longer line, and we went through in 10 minutes, and to a simple but nice airport lounge. I would do it again All in all a great trip, a wonderful island which we will visit again

Service is shockingly poor here. Waited over 30 mins at a quiet portofino restaurant for breakfast of juice and eggs and milk for tea and ended up giving up. Servers are grumpy, miserable and rude. Food items arrive cold or with items missing. Huge groups of loud Americans dominate. The resort caters solely for American market. This is not a romantic luxury get away for couples! More like a 18-30’s for over 50’s! Repeat guests from america usually pay for butler service to guarantee priority sunbeds and dining reservations. Sea is too rough and unusuable. Poor

Stayed at Sandals Barbados in March for my wife's 60th birthday. Disappointed that the hotel recognised wife's birthday by a standard pre printed cards and just a few petals scattered on the bed. As this would be our 4th Sandals visit, they were aware of this occasion at the time of booking. Our room in Walcott house was fine, the balcony patio area faced out to the gardens which were very well kept. We managed to book some of the restaurants and would recommend Kimonos and both Butch house's . If you're from UK then Merry Monkey English Pub is NOT very English, a waste of time... better off hanging around one of the outdoor bars. For Breakfast buffet then Bombay Club is very good, American Tavern is ok but lunch is better. Plenty of sunbeds on the beach where you're likely to catch the guy by the name of Captn Larry selling Island Tours. We decided we wanted a private island tour without the snorkeling or fishing .. went with viator £200 for 4.5 hrs. Found the beach quite relaxing until around 11am when the Sandals DJ and team start up with random music. This is where I have to say that overall the music played was 2/10! It's meant to be a relax, chill, couples area but playing Hip hop rap .... really! The DJ team need to appreciate the audience they're playing to! So we come to drinks served at the main pool bars, not quite up to the standard expected at this Sandals luxury location. Beers mostly small cans and rarely on draught. Collected Plastic glasses rinsed in cold water or lightly hand washed and not put thru proper hot wash. Lack of ingredients for popular cocktails like Passion Fruit Martini (no passion fruit), Grasshopper (no creme de menthe). Even the Pina Colada was mostly crushed ice with a cherry on top! Not quite 5* drinks!! Finally, wifi is slow but OK'ish, you'd need to pay for fast speed. Overall experience compared to Sandals Antigua and Sandals Bahamas, an average 5/10 although I will say that apart from some kamikaze butlers on bikes, most staff would be 9/10😊